Russia remains fully committed to the establishment of Kazakhstan’s first nuclear power plant, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov assured on Wednesday in Moscow.
At a press conference after talks with Kazakh Foreign Minister Ermek Kosherbaev, Lavrov confirmed relevant authorities are working on technical and financial parameters, as well as legal details.
The top diplomat commended the decision — in June this year — to choose the Russian state corporation Rosatom as the leader of the international consortium on the nuclear plant construction.
Noting that Russia is the largest investor in the Kazakh economy, he said much attention is devoted to assisting the Central Asian nation to achieve energy security through joint thermal and hydro power projects.
While exchanging views on pressing regional and international issues, the ministers affirmed the consonance and alignment of their countries’ approaches to addressing key problems of the modern world.
Russia and Kazakhstan share a positive assessment of cooperation within multilateral organisation such as the EAEU, the CSTO, the CIS, the SCO, and the United Nations, Lavrov emphasized.
The ministers also discussed the situation in the Middle East, other hotspots, and the latest developments in and around Ukraine, where Russia has been conducting a special military operation since February 2022.
Lavrov thanked Kazakhstan for understanding Russia’s “principled position” and the fact that sustainable settlement is impossible without addressing the core causes of the war.
According to the official, the conflict was “created over many years by Western countries in their attempts to use Ukraine as a launching pad to undermine the legitimate security interests of the Russian Federation.”
